Sri Lanka Calendar

Sri Lanka shares India's time offset — UTC+5:30 — with no daylight saving. It has one of the world's longest public holiday lists, because every full moon (Poya) day is a public holiday, alongside Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and Christian festivals and the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in mid-April.

Date	Holiday	Country	Type
2026-01-03	Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-01-15	Tamil Thai Pongal Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-02-01	Navam Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-02-04	Independence Day	Sri Lanka	national
2026-02-15	Maha Shivaratri Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-03-02	Medin Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-03-21	Eid-ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-04-01	Bak Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-04-03	Good Friday	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-04-13	Day before Sinhala & Tamil New Year	Sri Lanka	national
2026-04-14	Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	Sri Lanka	national
2026-05-01	Vesak Full Moon Poya Day / May Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-05-02	Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-05-28	Eid-ul-Adha (Hajj Festival Day)	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-05-30	Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-06-29	Poson Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-07-29	Esala Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-08-26	Milad-un-Nabi (Prophet's Birthday)	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-08-27	Nikini Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-09-26	Binara Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-10-25	Vap Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-11-08	Deepavali Festival Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-11-24	Ill Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-12-23	Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	religious
2026-12-25	Christmas Day	Sri Lanka	religious

Holidays are fixed in advance each year by government gazette. Poya days follow the lunar calendar, so there are 12 or 13 in a year (2026 has an extra Adhi Poson Poya). Islamic holiday dates are gazetted ahead of time but can change with moon sighting.