2025

Public holidays in Sri Lanka in 2025

Sri Lanka has 25 public holidays in 2025. 4 of them fall on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). The month with the most public holidays is April (4).

All public holidays in Sri Lanka in 2025

• Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day (දුරුතු පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Monday, January 13, 2025
• Tamil Thai Pongal Day (දෙමළ තෛපොංැලල් දිනය) – Tuesday, January 14, 2025
• Independence Day (නිදහස් සමරු දිනය) – Tuesday, February 4, 2025
• Nawam Full Moon Poya Day (නවම් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Wednesday, February 12, 2025
• Maha Sivarathri Day (මහ සිවරාත්රි දිනය) – Wednesday, February 26, 2025
• Medin Full Moon Poya Day (මැදින් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Thursday, March 13, 2025
• Eid al-Fitr (ඊදුල් ෆීතර්) – Monday, March 31, 2025
• Bak Full Moon Poya Day (බක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Saturday, April 12, 2025
• Day Before Sinhala and Tamil New Year (සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනට පෙර දිනය) – Sunday, April 13, 2025
• Sinhala and Tamil New Year (සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනය) – Monday, April 14, 2025
• Good Friday (මහ සිකුරාදා දිනය) – Friday, April 18, 2025
• International Workers' Day (ලොක කම්කරු දිනය) – Thursday, May 1, 2025
• Vesak Full Moon Poya Day (වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Monday, May 12, 2025
• Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day (වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනට පසු දිනය) – Tuesday, May 13, 2025
• Eid al-Adha (ඊදුල් අල්හා) – Saturday, June 7, 2025
• Poson Full Moon Poya Day (පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Tuesday, June 10, 2025
• Esala Full Moon Poya Day (ඇසල පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Thursday, July 10, 2025
• Nikini Full Moon Poya Day (නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Friday, August 8, 2025
• Prophet's Birthday (නබි නායකතුමාගේ උපන් දිනය) – Friday, September 5, 2025
• Binara Full Moon Poya Day (බිනර පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Sunday, September 7, 2025
• Vap Full Moon Poya Day (වප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Monday, October 6, 2025
• Diwali (දීපවාලි උත්සව දිනය) – Monday, October 20, 2025
• Il Full Moon Poya Day (ඉල් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Wednesday, November 5, 2025
• Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day (උඳුවප් පුර පසළොස්වක පෝය දිනය) – Thursday, December 4, 2025
• Christmas Day (නත්තල් උත්සව දිනය) – Thursday, December 25, 2025

Long weekends and bridge days in Sri Lanka in 2025

The weekend in Sri Lanka: Saturday and Sunday. Sri Lanka has 9 long weekends in 2025: three days or more off in a row thanks to a public holiday.

• Sat, Jan 11 – Tue, Jan 14 – 4 days off (Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day, Tamil Thai Pongal Day)
• Sat, Mar 29 – Mon, Mar 31 – 3 days off (Eid al-Fitr)
• Sat, Apr 12 – Mon, Apr 14 – 3 days off (Bak Full Moon Poya Day, Day Before Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sinhala and Tamil New Year)
• Fri, Apr 18 – Sun, Apr 20 – 3 days off (Good Friday)
• Sat, May 10 – Tue, May 13 – 4 days off (Vesak Full Moon Poya Day, Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day)
• Fri, Aug 8 – Sun, Aug 10 – 3 days off (Nikini Full Moon Poya Day)
• Fri, Sep 5 – Sun, Sep 7 – 3 days off (Prophet's Birthday, Binara Full Moon Poya Day)
• Sat, Oct 4 – Mon, Oct 6 – 3 days off (Vap Full Moon Poya Day)
• Sat, Oct 18 – Mon, Oct 20 – 3 days off (Diwali)

Bridge days: a few days off, a long break

• Take Mon, Feb 3 off: 4 days off in a row, Sat, Feb 1 – Tue, Feb 4 (Independence Day)
• Take 2 days off (Mon, Feb 10 and Tue, Feb 11): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Feb 8 – Wed, Feb 12 (Nawam Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take 2 days off (Thu, Feb 13 and Fri, Feb 14): 5 days off in a row, Wed, Feb 12 – Sun, Feb 16 (Nawam Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take 2 days off (Mon, Feb 24 and Tue, Feb 25): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Feb 22 – Wed, Feb 26 (Maha Sivarathri Day)
• Take 2 days off (Thu, Feb 27 and Fri, Feb 28): 5 days off in a row, Wed, Feb 26 – Sun, Mar 2 (Maha Sivarathri Day)
• Take Fri, Mar 14 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, Mar 13 – Sun, Mar 16 (Medin Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take Fri, May 2 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, May 1 – Sun, May 4 (International Workers' Day)
• Take Mon, Jun 9 off: 4 days off in a row, Sat, Jun 7 – Tue, Jun 10 (Eid al-Adha, Poson Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take Fri, Jul 11 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, Jul 10 – Sun, Jul 13 (Esala Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take 2 days off (Mon, Nov 3 and Tue, Nov 4): 5 days off in a row, Sat, Nov 1 – Wed, Nov 5 (Il Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take 2 days off (Thu, Nov 6 and Fri, Nov 7): 5 days off in a row, Wed, Nov 5 – Sun, Nov 9 (Il Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take Fri, Dec 5 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, Dec 4 – Sun, Dec 7 (Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day)
• Take Fri, Dec 26 off: 4 days off in a row, Thu, Dec 25 – Sun, Dec 28 (Christmas Day)

2025 at a glance

• 2025 has 365 days.
• 2025 starts on a Wednesday and ends on a Wednesday.
• 2025 has the same calendar as 2014 and 2031.
• Public holidays in Sri Lanka: 25

Monthly calendars for 2025

• January 2025 – 2 holidays
• February 2025 – 3 holidays
• March 2025 – 2 holidays
• April 2025 – 4 holidays
• May 2025 – 3 holidays
• June 2025 – 2 holidays
• July 2025 – 1 holiday
• August 2025 – 1 holiday
• September 2025 – 2 holidays
• October 2025 – 2 holidays
• November 2025 – 1 holiday
• December 2025 – 2 holidays

More calendars

• ‹ 2024 Calendar
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Public holidays 2025 in nearby countries

• Afghanistan – 14 holidays
• Bangladesh – 18 holidays
• Bhutan – 18 holidays
• India – 18 holidays
• Iran – 28 holidays
• Maldives – 18 holidays