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Holidays / Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka public holidays

Public holidays in Sri Lanka, 2025

25 public holidays, 9 next to the weekend and 9 breaks of three days or more. Held from 2003 to 2026.

25Holidays in 2025
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9Long weekends
24Years held
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Every public holiday in 2025

Nationwide days, with how each falls against the weekend

DateDayHolidayLocal nameFallsWhen
13 Jan 2025MonDuruthu Full Moon Poya Dayදුරුතු පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයlong weekendpast
14 Jan 2025TueTamil Thai Pongal Dayදෙමළ තෛපොංැලල් දිනයweekdaypast
4 Feb 2025TueIndependence Dayනිදහස් සමරු දිනයweekdaypast
12 Feb 2025WedNawam Full Moon Poya Dayනවම් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයweekdaypast
26 Feb 2025WedMaha Sivarathri Dayමහ සිවරාත්රි දිනයweekdaypast
13 Mar 2025ThuMedin Full Moon Poya Dayමැදින් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයweekdaypast
31 Mar 2025MonEid al-Fitrඊදුල් ෆීතර්long weekendpast
12 Apr 2025SatBak Full Moon Poya Dayබක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයweekendpast
13 Apr 2025SunDay Before Sinhala and Tamil New Yearසිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනට පෙර දිනයweekendpast
14 Apr 2025MonSinhala and Tamil New Yearසිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනයlong weekendpast
18 Apr 2025FriGood Fridayමහ සිකුරාදා දිනයlong weekendpast
1 May 2025ThuInternational Workers' Dayලොක කම්කරු දිනයweekdaypast
12 May 2025MonVesak Full Moon Poya Dayවෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයlong weekendpast
13 May 2025TueDay Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Dayවෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනට පසු දිනයweekdaypast
7 Jun 2025SatEid al-Adhaඊදුල් අල්හාweekendpast
10 Jun 2025TuePoson Full Moon Poya Dayපොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයweekdaypast
10 Jul 2025ThuEsala Full Moon Poya Dayඇසල පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයweekdaypast
8 Aug 2025FriNikini Full Moon Poya Dayනිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයlong weekendpast
5 Sep 2025FriProphet's Birthdayනබි නායකතුමාගේ උපන් දිනයlong weekendpast
7 Sep 2025SunBinara Full Moon Poya Dayබිනර පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයweekendpast
6 Oct 2025MonVap Full Moon Poya Dayවප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයlong weekendpast
20 Oct 2025MonDiwaliදීපවාලි උත්සව දිනයlong weekendpast
5 Nov 2025WedIl Full Moon Poya Dayඉල් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයweekdaypast
4 Dec 2025ThuUnduvap Full Moon Poya Dayඋඳුවප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනයweekdaypast
25 Dec 2025ThuChristmas Dayනත්තල් උත්සව දිනයweekdaypast

By month

Public holidays in each month of 2025

JFMAMJJASOND

Long weekends

Three days or more off in a row

11 Jan to 14 JanDuruthu Full Moon Poya Day, Tamil Thai Pongal Day4 days
29 Mar to 31 MarEid al-Fitr3 days
12 Apr to 14 AprBak Full Moon Poya Day, Day Before Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala and Tamil New Year3 days
18 Apr to 20 AprGood Friday3 days
10 May to 13 MayVesak Full Moon Poya Day, Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day4 days
8 Aug to 10 AugNikini Full Moon Poya Day3 days
5 Sep to 7 SepProphet's Birthday, Binara Full Moon Poya Day3 days
4 Oct to 6 OctVap Full Moon Poya Day3 days
18 Oct to 20 OctDiwali3 days

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