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Upcoming Sri Lanka Public Holidays

See also: upcoming public holidays in Asia and worldwide.

This page contains the list of upcoming Sri Lanka public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, regional public holidays, non-working national holidays and sectorial holidays from May 2025 to April 2026. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly.

Below is the list of Sri Lanka public holidays from May 2025 to April 2026:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
Thursday May Day
Monday Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
Tuesday Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
Saturday Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)
Tuesday Poson Full Moon Poya Day
Thursday Esala Full Moon Poya Day
Friday Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
Friday Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday)
Sunday Binara Full Moon Poya Day
Monday Vap Full Moon Poya Day
Monday Deepavali Festival Day
Wednesday Ill Full Moon Poya Day
Thursday Unduwap Full Moon Poya Day
Thursday Christmas Day
Friday Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
Wednesday Tamil Thai Pongal Day
Sunday Navam Full Moon Poya Day
Wednesday National Day (Independence Day)
Sunday Mahasivarathri Day
Monday Special Bank Holiday (Mahasivarathri) (full day) (tentative) banks
Tuesday Madin Full Moon Poya Day
Friday Special Bank Holiday (Id-ul-Fitr) (afternoon) (tentative) banks
Saturday Id-ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)
Wednesday Bak Full Moon Poya Day
Friday Good Friday
Monday Sinhala & Tamil New Year's Eve
Tuesday Sinhala & Tamil New Year (Aluth Avurudda)
Thursday Special Bank Holiday (Vesak) (tentative) banks

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Global Holidays Observed in Sri Lanka


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in Sri Lanka, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2025-2035).

Sri Lanka Background Information and Links