2026

Public holidays in Sri Lanka in 2026

Sri Lanka has 26 public holidays in 2026. 9 of them fall on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). The month with the most public holidays is May (5).

All public holidays in Sri Lanka in 2026

• Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day (දුරුතු පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Saturday, January 3, 2026
• Tamil Thai Pongal Day (දෙමළ තෛපොංැලල් දිනය) – Thursday, January 15, 2026
• Nawam Full Moon Poya Day (නවම් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Sunday, February 1, 2026
• Independence Day (නිදහස් සමරු දිනය) – Wednesday, February 4, 2026
• Maha Sivarathri Day (මහ සිවරාත්රි දිනය) – Sunday, February 15, 2026
• Medin Full Moon Poya Day (මැදින් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Monday, March 2, 2026
• Eid al-Fitr (ඊදුල් ෆීතර්) – Saturday, March 21, 2026
• Bak Full Moon Poya Day (බක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Wednesday, April 1, 2026
• Good Friday (මහ සිකුරාදා දිනය) – Friday, April 3, 2026
• Day Before Sinhala and Tamil New Year (සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනට පෙර දිනය) – Monday, April 13, 2026
• Sinhala and Tamil New Year (සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනය) – Tuesday, April 14, 2026
• International Workers' Day (ලොක කම්කරු දිනය) – Friday, May 1, 2026
• Vesak Full Moon Poya Day (වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Friday, May 1, 2026
• Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day (වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනට පසු දිනය) – Saturday, May 2, 2026
• Eid al-Adha (ඊදුල් අල්හා) – Thursday, May 28, 2026
• Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya Day (අධි පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Saturday, May 30, 2026
• Poson Full Moon Poya Day (පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Monday, June 29, 2026
• Esala Full Moon Poya Day (ඇසල පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Wednesday, July 29, 2026
• Prophet's Birthday (නබි නායකතුමාගේ උපන් දිනය) – Wednesday, August 26, 2026
• Nikini Full Moon Poya Day (නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Thursday, August 27, 2026
• Binara Full Moon Poya Day (බිනර පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Saturday, September 26, 2026
• Vap Full Moon Poya Day (වප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Sunday, October 25, 2026
• Diwali (දීපවාලි උත්සව දිනය) – Sunday, November 8, 2026
• Il Full Moon Poya Day (ඉල් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Tuesday, November 24, 2026
• Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day (උඳුවප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Wednesday, December 23, 2026
• Christmas Day (නත්තල් උත්සව දිනය) – Friday, December 25, 2026

Long weekends and bridge days in Sri Lanka in 2026

The weekend in Sri Lanka: Saturday and Sunday. Sri Lanka has 6 long weekends in 2026: three days or more off in a row thanks to a public holiday.

• Sat, Feb 28 – Mon, Mar 2 – 3 days off (Medin Full Moon Poya Day)
• Fri, Apr 3 – Sun, Apr 5 – 3 days off (Good Friday)
• Sat, Apr 11 – Tue, Apr 14 – 4 days off (Day Before Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala and Tamil New Year)
• Fri, May 1 – Sun, May 3 – 3 days off (International Workers' Day, Vesak Full Moon Poya Day, Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day)
• Sat, Jun 27 – Mon, Jun 29 – 3 days off (Poson Full Moon Poya Day)
• Fri, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 27 – 3 days off (Christmas Day)

Bridge days: a few days off, a long break

• Take Fri, Jan 16 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, Jan 15 – Sun, Jan 18 (Tamil Thai Pongal Day)
• Take 2 days off (Mon, Feb 2 and Tue, Feb 3): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Jan 31 – Wed, Feb 4 (Nawam Full Moon Poya Day, Independence Day)
• Take 2 days off (Thu, Feb 5 and Fri, Feb 6): 5 days off in a row, Wed, Feb 4 – Sun, Feb 8 (Independence Day)
• Take 2 days off (Mon, Mar 30 and Tue, Mar 31): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Mar 28 – Wed, Apr 1 (Bak Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take Thu, Apr 2 off: 5 days off in a row, Wed, Apr 1 – Sun, Apr 5 (Bak Full Moon Poya Day, Good Friday)
• Take Fri, May 29 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, May 28 – Sun, May 31 (Eid al-Adha, Adhi Poson Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take 2 days off (Mon, Jul 27 and Tue, Jul 28): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Jul 25 – Wed, Jul 29 (Esala Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take 2 days off (Thu, Jul 30 and Fri, Jul 31): 5 days off in a row, Wed, Jul 29 – Sun, Aug 2 (Esala Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take 2 days off (Mon, Aug 24 and Tue, Aug 25): 6 days off in a row, Sat, Aug 22 – Thu, Aug 27 (Prophet's Birthday, Nikini Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take Fri, Aug 28 off: 5 days off in a row, Wed, Aug 26 – Sun, Aug 30 (Prophet's Birthday, Nikini Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take Mon, Nov 23 off: 4 days off in a row, Sat, Nov 21 – Tue, Nov 24 (Il Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take 2 days off (Mon, Dec 21 and Tue, Dec 22): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Dec 19 – Wed, Dec 23 (Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take Thu, Dec 24 off: 5 days off in a row, Wed, Dec 23 – Sun, Dec 27 (Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day, Christmas Day)

2026 at a glance

• 2026 has 365 days.
• 2026 starts on a Thursday and ends on a Thursday.
• 2026 has the same calendar as 2015 and 2037.
• Public holidays in Sri Lanka: 26

Monthly calendars for 2026

• January 2026 – 2 holidays
• February 2026 – 3 holidays
• March 2026 – 2 holidays
• April 2026 – 4 holidays
• May 2026 – 5 holidays
• June 2026 – 1 holiday
• July 2026 – 1 holiday
• August 2026 – 2 holidays
• September 2026 – 1 holiday
• October 2026 – 1 holiday
• November 2026 – 2 holidays
• December 2026 – 2 holidays

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Public holidays 2026 in nearby countries

• Afghanistan – 14 holidays
• Bangladesh – 18 holidays
• Bhutan – 18 holidays
• India – 18 holidays
• Iran – 35 holidays
• Maldives – 18 holidays