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Sri Lanka Public Holidays 2024 | Bank, Public & Mercantile

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Sri Lankan Public Holidays 2024 has 25 days without Sundays. It is good to know public holidays in Sri Lanka for you plans. Religious festivals are the majority of the holidays including Full Moon Poya days. Sunday is always a holiday and most of the sectors comes to a pause on this day. These holidays are categorized into government, mercantile and bank.

List of 2024 Public Holidays in Sri Lanka

Day	Date	Holiday Name
Monday	Jan 15	Tamil Thai Pongal Day (B. P. M.)
Thursday	Jan 25	Duruthu Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Sunday	Feb 04	National Day (Independence Day) (B. P. M.)
Friday	Feb 23	Navam Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Friday	Mar 08	Mahasivarathri Day (B. P.)
Sunday	Mar 24	Madin Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Friday	Mar 29	Good Friday (B. P.)
Thursday	Apr 11	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Day) (B. P.)
Friday	Apr 12	Day Prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year (B. P. M.)
Saturday	Apr 13	Sinhala and Tamil New Year (B. P. M.)
Tuesday	Apr 23	Bak Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Wednesday	May 01	May Day / Labour Day (B. P. M.)
Thursday	May 23	Vesak Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Friday	May 24	Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya (B. P. M.)
Monday	Jun 17	Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day) (B. P.)
Friday	Jun 21	Poson Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Saturday	Jul 20	Esala Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Monday	Aug 19	Nikini Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Monday	Sep 16	Milad-Un-Nabi (B. P. M.)
Tuesday	Sep 17	Binara Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Thursday	Oct 17	Vap Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Thursday	Oct 31	Deepavali Festival Day (B. P.)
Friday	Nov 15	Ill Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Saturday	Dec 14	Unduvap Full Moon Poya (B. P.)
Wednesday	Dec 25	Christmas (B. P. M.)