Public/bank holidays for Sri Lanka

Use the public holiday lookup tool below to help prepare your business plan for the forthcoming year ahead.

To help your business prepare for 2026, we have put together the following tool to ensure you have all public holidays covered within your business. Whilst most people look forward to planning their leave, for company leaders it can be a logistical challenge to planning your staff leave and work holiday calendar. Legally, whilst you don't have to grant public holidays as additional leave, as employers, you have the choice whether to include Bank Holidays in staff allowances or offer them as extra days off.

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Within Sri Lanka, there are 25 public holidays days for 2026. Using WhosOffice, you can quickly import these public holidays into your account and decide whether staff members take them as extra days off, or, are just listed as information only days. See first-hand how our online shift planner can help your business, book your free demo today.

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Sri Lanka public holidays for this year


Sri Lanka public holidays for next year

Sri Lanka public holidays for 2026


03/Jan/2026
Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
2026-01-03 Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
15/Jan/2026
Tamil Thai Pongal Day
2026-01-15 Tamil Thai Pongal Day Tamil Thai Pongal Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
01/Feb/2026
Navam Full Moon Poya Day
2026-02-01 Navam Full Moon Poya Day Navam Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
04/Feb/2026
National Day
2026-02-04 National Day National Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
15/Feb/2026
Mahasivarathri Day
2026-02-15 Mahasivarathri Day Mahasivarathri Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
02/Mar/2026
Madin Full Moon Poya Day
2026-03-02 Madin Full Moon Poya Day Madin Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
21/Mar/2026
Eid al-Fitr (Tentative Date)
2026-03-21 Eid al-Fitr (Tentative Date) Eid al-Fitr (Tentative Date) Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
01/Apr/2026
Bak Full Moon Poya Day
2026-04-01 Bak Full Moon Poya Day Bak Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
03/Apr/2026
Good Friday
2026-04-03 Good Friday Good Friday Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
13/Apr/2026
Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Eve
2026-04-13 Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Eve Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Eve Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
14/Apr/2026
Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Day
2026-04-14 Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Day Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
01/May/2026
Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
2026-05-01 Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
02/May/2026
Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
2026-05-02 Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
28/May/2026
Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date)
2026-05-28 Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date) Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date) Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
30/May/2026
Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya Day
2026-05-30 Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya Day Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
29/Jun/2026
Poson Full Moon Poya Day
2026-06-29 Poson Full Moon Poya Day Poson Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
29/Jul/2026
Esala Full Moon Poya Day
2026-07-29 Esala Full Moon Poya Day Esala Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
26/Aug/2026
Milad-Un-Nabi (Tentative Day)
2026-08-26 Milad-Un-Nabi (Tentative Day) Milad-Un-Nabi (Tentative Day) Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
27/Aug/2026
Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
2026-08-27 Nikini Full Moon Poya Day Nikini Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
26/Sep/2026
Binara Full Moon Poya Day
2026-09-26 Binara Full Moon Poya Day Binara Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
25/Oct/2026
Vap Full Moon Poya Day
2026-10-25 Vap Full Moon Poya Day Vap Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
08/Nov/2026
Deepavali
2026-11-08 Deepavali Deepavali Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
24/Nov/2026
II Full Moon Poya Day
2026-11-24 II Full Moon Poya Day II Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
23/Dec/2026
Unduvap Full Moon Day
2026-12-23 Unduvap Full Moon Day Unduvap Full Moon Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
25/Dec/2026
Christmas Day
2026-12-25 Christmas Day Christmas Day Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

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