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Public holidays in Sri Lanka 2015

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Every public holiday in Sri Lanka in 2015 is listed below, with the day of the week each one falls on. National holidays apply across the whole country. Regional ones apply only in certain states or areas, so check locally before booking anything around them.

See 2015 on a calendar. Open the Sri Lanka calendar to see these marked on a year-at-a-glance grid next to your own leave, travel and deadlines. Free, no sign-up.

Planning around a reporting week rather than a month? Week numbers for 2015 lists every week with its dates.

Public holiday dates in Sri Lanka, 2015

DateDayHolidayType
4 JanuarySundayDuruthu Full Moon Poya Day; Prophet's BirthdayNational
15 JanuaryThursdayTamil Thai Pongal DayNational
3 FebruaryTuesdayNawam Full Moon Poya DayNational
4 FebruaryWednesdayIndependence DayNational
17 FebruaryTuesdayMaha Sivarathri DayNational
5 MarchThursdayMedin Full Moon Poya DayNational
3 AprilFridayBak Full Moon Poya Day; Good FridayNational
13 AprilMondayDay Before Sinhala and Tamil New YearNational
14 AprilTuesdaySinhala and Tamil New YearNational
1 MayFridayInternational Workers' DayNational
3 MaySundayVesak Full Moon Poya DayNational
4 MayMondayDay Following Vesak Full Moon Poya DayNational
2 JuneTuesdayPoson Full Moon Poya DayNational
1 JulyWednesdayAdhi Esala Full Moon Poya DayNational
18 JulySaturdayEid al-FitrNational
31 JulyFridayEsala Full Moon Poya DayNational
29 AugustSaturdayNikini Full Moon Poya DayNational
24 SeptemberThursdayEid al-AdhaNational
27 SeptemberSundayBinara Full Moon Poya DayNational
27 OctoberTuesdayVap Full Moon Poya DayNational
10 NovemberTuesdayDeepavali Festival DayNational
25 NovemberWednesdayIl Full Moon Poya DayNational
24 DecemberThursdayUnduvap Full Moon Poya DayNational
25 DecemberFridayChristmas DayNational

Which days of the week they fall on

Of the 24 national holidays in 2015, 19 fall on a weekday and 5 at a weekend. A holiday landing on a weekend is worth spotting early if you were counting on a long one.

Other years

Public holidays in Sri Lanka 2016

Other countries

Public holidays for 247 countries and territories, or back to Sri Lanka.