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Sri Lanka Public Holidays 2026

See also: 2026 public holidays in Asia and worldwide.

This page contains the list of Sri Lanka 2026 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 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Sri Lanka public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday Observance
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
Friday May Day
Friday Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
Saturday Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
Wednesday Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)
Saturday Adhi Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
June Monday Poson Full Moon Poya Day
July Wednesday Esala Full Moon Poya Day
Aug Tuesday Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday)
Aug Thursday Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
Sep Saturday Binara Full Moon Poya Day
Oct Sunday Vap Full Moon Poya Day
Nov Sunday Deepavali Festival Day
Nov Monday Special Bank Holiday (Deepavali) (full day) (tentative) banks
Nov Tuesday Ill Full Moon Poya Day
Dec Wednesday Unduwap Full Moon Poya Day
Dec Friday 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 (2025-2035).

Sri Lanka Background Information and Links