Public Holidays in Sri Lanka 2026/2027

Public holidays in Sri Lanka in 2026/2027: dates and weekdays, what closes, long weekends and regional holidays.

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Il Full Moon Poya Day

Tuesday, November 24

National holidays in 2027

25public holidays

Long weekends

12long weekends

3 need a bridge day

2026

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2026

National public holidays

Saturday, January 3
Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day දුරුතු පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Thursday, January 15
Tamil Thai Pongal Day දෙමළ තෛපොංැලල් දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Sunday, February 1
Nawam Full Moon Poya Day නවම් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Wednesday, February 4
Independence Day නිදහස් සමරු දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Sunday, February 15
Maha Sivarathri Day මහ සිවරාත්රි දිනය

Banks closed
Monday, March 2
Medin Full Moon Poya Day මැදින් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Saturday, March 21
Eid al-Fitr ඊදුල් ෆීතර්

Banks closed
Wednesday, April 1
Bak Full Moon Poya Day බක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Friday, April 3
Good Friday මහ සිකුරාදා දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Monday, April 13
Day Before Sinhala and Tamil New Year සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනට පෙර දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedPublic transport may be reducedBook ahead
Tuesday, April 14
Sinhala and Tamil New Year සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedPublic transport may be reducedBook ahead
Friday, May 1
International Workers' Day ලොක කම්කරු දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Friday, May 1
Vesak Full Moon Poya Day වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restrictedCrowds
Saturday, May 2
Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනට පසු දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedCrowds
Thursday, May 28
Eid al-Adha ඊදුල් අල්හා

Banks closed
Saturday, May 30
Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya Day අධි පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Monday, June 29
Poson Full Moon Poya Day පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Wednesday, July 29
Esala Full Moon Poya Day ඇසල පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Wednesday, August 26
Prophet's Birthday නබි නායකතුමාගේ උපන් දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Thursday, August 27
Nikini Full Moon Poya Day නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Saturday, September 26
Binara Full Moon Poya Day බිනර පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Sunday, October 25
Vap Full Moon Poya Day වප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Sunday, November 8
Diwali දීපවාලි උත්සව දිනය

Banks closed
Tuesday, November 24
Il Full Moon Poya Day ඉල් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Wednesday, December 23
Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day උඳුවප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Friday, December 25
Christmas Day නත්තල් උත්සව දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed

Long weekends and bridge days

Thu, Jan 15 – Sun, Jan 18
Tamil Thai Pongal Day

Bridge day: take Fri, Jan 16 off
Sat, Feb 28 – Mon, Mar 2
Medin Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend
Fri, Apr 3 – Sun, Apr 5
Good Friday

Long weekend
Sat, Apr 11 – Tue, Apr 14
Day Before Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala and Tamil New Year

Long weekend
Fri, May 1 – Sun, May 3
International Workers' Day, Vesak Full Moon Poya Day, Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend
Thu, May 28 – Sun, May 31
Eid al-Adha

Bridge day: take Fri, May 29 off
Sat, Jun 27 – Mon, Jun 29
Poson Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend
Sat, Nov 21 – Tue, Nov 24
Il Full Moon Poya Day

Bridge day: take Mon, Nov 23 off
Fri, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 27
Christmas Day

Long weekend

2027

National public holidays

Friday, January 15
Tamil Thai Pongal Day දෙමළ තෛපොංැලල් දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Friday, January 22
Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day දුරුතු පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Thursday, February 4
Independence Day නිදහස් සමරු දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Saturday, February 20
Nawam Full Moon Poya Day නවම් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Saturday, March 6
Maha Sivarathri Day මහ සිවරාත්රි දිනය

Banks closed
Wednesday, March 10
Eid al-Fitr ඊදුල් ෆීතර්

Banks closed
Monday, March 22
Medin Full Moon Poya Day මැදින් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Friday, March 26
Good Friday මහ සිකුරාදා දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Tuesday, April 13
Day Before Sinhala and Tamil New Year සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනට පෙර දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedPublic transport may be reducedBook ahead
Wednesday, April 14
Sinhala and Tamil New Year සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedPublic transport may be reducedBook ahead
Tuesday, April 20
Bak Full Moon Poya Day බක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Saturday, May 1
International Workers' Day ලොක කම්කරු දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Monday, May 17
Eid al-Adha ඊදුල් අල්හා

Banks closed
Wednesday, May 19
Vesak Full Moon Poya Day වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restrictedCrowds
Thursday, May 20
Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනට පසු දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedCrowds
Friday, June 18
Poson Full Moon Poya Day පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Sunday, July 18
Esala Full Moon Poya Day ඇසල පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Sunday, August 15
Prophet's Birthday නබි නායකතුමාගේ උපන් දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed
Monday, August 16
Nikini Full Moon Poya Day නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Wednesday, September 15
Binara Full Moon Poya Day බිනර පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Friday, October 15
Vap Full Moon Poya Day වප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Thursday, October 28
Diwali දීපවාලි උත්සව දිනය

Banks closed
Saturday, November 13
Il Full Moon Poya Day ඉල් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Monday, December 13
Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day උඳුවප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closedAlcohol restricted
Saturday, December 25
Christmas Day නත්තල් උත්සව දිනය

Banks closedShops may be closed

Long weekends and bridge days

Fri, Jan 15 – Sun, Jan 17
Tamil Thai Pongal Day

Long weekend
Fri, Jan 22 – Sun, Jan 24
Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend
Thu, Feb 4 – Sun, Feb 7
Independence Day

Bridge day: take Fri, Feb 5 off
Sat, Mar 20 – Mon, Mar 22
Medin Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend
Fri, Mar 26 – Sun, Mar 28
Good Friday

Long weekend
Sat, Apr 17 – Tue, Apr 20
Bak Full Moon Poya Day

Bridge day: take Mon, Apr 19 off
Sat, May 15 – Mon, May 17
Eid al-Adha

Long weekend
Fri, Jun 18 – Sun, Jun 20
Poson Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend
Sat, Aug 14 – Mon, Aug 16
Prophet's Birthday, Nikini Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend
Fri, Oct 15 – Sun, Oct 17
Vap Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend
Thu, Oct 28 – Sun, Oct 31
Diwali

Bridge day: take Fri, Oct 29 off
Sat, Dec 11 – Mon, Dec 13
Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day

Long weekend

2026

National public holidays

Long weekends and bridge days

2027

National public holidays

Long weekends and bridge days

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