January
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February
3 holidays
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| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 |
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| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 1 |
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March
4 holidays
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| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 1 |
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| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
April
4 holidays
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| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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May
4 holidays
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| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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June
1 holidays
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| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
July
1 holidays
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| 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
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August
2 holidays
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| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
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| 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
September
1 holidays
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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October
1 holidays
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| 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
November
2 holidays
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| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 |
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| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
December
2 holidays
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| 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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2026 Holiday List · Sri Lanka
29 public holidays · regional, limited, and observance days included
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3 | Saturday | Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Jan 15 | Thursday | Tamil Thai Pongal Day | Public holiday | |
| Feb 1 | Sunday | Navam Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Feb 4 | Wednesday | National Day | Public holiday | Varies by country — a founding, unification, or constitutional anniversary. |
| Feb 15 | Sunday | Mahasivarathri Day | Public holiday | |
| Mar 2 | Monday | Madin Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Mar 18 | Wednesday | Fuel Conservation Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Mar 21 | Saturday | Eid al-Fitr | Public holiday | 1 Shawwal, the day after Ramadan ends. The date depends on a moon sighting and is often confirmed only a day or two in advance. |
| Mar 25 | Wednesday | Fuel Conservation Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Apr 1 | Wednesday | Bak Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Apr 1 | Wednesday | Fuel Conservation Holiday | Public holiday | |
| Apr 3 | Friday | Good Friday | Public holiday | The Friday before Easter Sunday. |
| Apr 13 | Monday | Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Eve | Public holiday | |
| Apr 14 | Tuesday | Sinhala and Tamil New Year's Day | Public holiday | |
| May 1 | Friday | Adhi Vesak Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| May 1 | Friday | May Day | Public holiday | 1 May, or in some countries the first Monday of May. |
| May 28 | Thursday | Eid al-Adha | Public holiday | 10 Dhu al-Hijjah, about seventy days after Eid al-Fitr, confirmed by moon sighting. |
| May 30 | Saturday | Vesak Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| May 31 | Sunday | Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Jun 29 | Monday | Poson Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Jul 29 | Wednesday | Esala Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Aug 26 | Wednesday | Milad un Nabidate to be confirmed | Public holiday | 12 Rabi' al-Awwal — 17 Rabi' al-Awwal in the Shia tradition. |
| Aug 27 | Thursday | Nikini Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Sep 26 | Saturday | Binara Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Oct 25 | Sunday | Vap Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Nov 8 | Sunday | Deepavali | Public holiday | |
| Nov 24 | Tuesday | Il Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Dec 23 | Wednesday | Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day | Public holiday | |
| Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day | Public holiday | 25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend. |
Show 12 observances and other marked dates
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14 | Saturday | Valentine's Day | Observance | 14 February. |
| Feb 19 | Thursday | Ramadan Start | Observance | 1 Ramadan on the Hijri calendar. The Gregorian date shifts about eleven days earlier each year and is confirmed by moon sighting shortly before. |
| Mar 4 | Wednesday | Holi | Observance | The full moon of Phalguna, in February or March. |
| Mar 20 | Friday | March Equinox | Observance | Around 20 March. |
| Apr 5 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance | The first Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March, so the date moves between 22 March and 25 April. |
| May 10 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | The second Sunday of May in most countries, but the date varies widely. |
| Jun 17 | Wednesday | Muharram | Observance | 1 Muharram — the Islamic new year. |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | The third Sunday of June in most countries, but the date varies widely. |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | June Solstice | Observance | Around 21 June. |
| Sep 23 | Wednesday | September Equinox | Observance | Around 22 September. |
| Dec 22 | Tuesday | December Solstice | Observance | Around 21 December. |
| Dec 24 | Thursday | Christmas Eve | Observance | 24 December. |
About these holidays
National Day
Varies by country — a founding, unification, or constitutional anniversary.
The principal patriotic holiday of a country that does not frame its national day as independence — a founding, unification, revolution or monarch's day depending on the state.
Eid al-Fitr
1 Shawwal, the day after Ramadan ends. The date depends on a moon sighting and is often confirmed only a day or two in advance.
The festival that ends Ramadan, and the largest holiday of the year across the Muslim world. Most countries grant two to three consecutive days; Indonesia and Malaysia extend it further with collective leave. Because the date is set by moon sighting, calendars published far in advance are provisional.
Good Friday
The Friday before Easter Sunday.
Commemorates the crucifixion, and is the most widely observed Christian public holiday after Christmas. Together with Easter Monday it produces a four-day weekend in much of Europe, the Commonwealth and Latin America. In several countries it also carries trading or entertainment restrictions beyond the day off itself.
May Day
1 May, or in some countries the first Monday of May.
1 May, combining an older spring festival with International Workers' Day. The United Kingdom and Ireland move the day off to the first Monday of the month.
Eid al-Adha
10 Dhu al-Hijjah, about seventy days after Eid al-Fitr, confirmed by moon sighting.
The Feast of Sacrifice, marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage and commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. Alongside Eid al-Fitr it is one of the two principal Islamic holidays, and is observed with several days off in most Muslim-majority countries.
Milad un Nabi
12 Rabi' al-Awwal — 17 Rabi' al-Awwal in the Shia tradition.
Mawlid, marking the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. A public holiday across most of the Muslim world, though Saudi Arabia and Qatar do not observe it.
Christmas Day
25 December. The day off moves to the following weekday when it falls on a weekend.
The most widely observed public holiday after New Year's Day, a day off in the great majority of countries including many with no Christian majority, where it functions as a secular end-of-year holiday. Orthodox churches following the Julian calendar keep it on 7 January instead.
Official source: Google Calendar official holidays · timeanddate.com