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Sri Lanka Public Holidays 2025

See also: 2025 public holidays in Asia and worldwide.

This page contains the list of Sri Lanka 2025 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 2025 is:


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