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Sri Lanka Public Holidays 2024

See also: 2024 public holidays in Asia and worldwide.

This page contains the list of Sri Lanka 2024 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Sri Lanka public holidays in 2024 is:


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

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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 (2024-2034).

Sri Lanka Background Information and Links