Sri Lanka — public-holiday dates · 2026
Sri Lanka public holiday dates 2026, with Vesak amendment
Check 25 distinct public-holiday dates from the 2026 annual list with the gazetted move of the holiday following Vesak from 2 May to 31 May.
Published calendar edition · 2026 only. Covered dates: 2026-01-01–2026-12-31. The table and checker use the named publication and its stated scope.
Covered by this calendar
The public-holiday date set in the published 2026 annual table, incorporating Gazette 2485/14’s 21 April 2026 amendment from 2 May to 31 May; bank and mercantile categories are separate.
- The tool does not assign bank-only closures, mercantile entitlements, individual rosters or personal pay and leave rights.
- No substitute Monday is inferred from a weekend public holiday, including 31 May.
- Exceptional later local closures and dates outside this sourced 2026 edition are not inferred.
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Full published source table
25 source entries. Dates remain on their published day; substitute dates are included only when explicitly sourced.
25 published entries
| Date | Day | Published entry | Status | Source notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Thursday | Tamil Thai Pongal Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Navam Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Mahasivarathri Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Monday | Medin Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | Id-Ul-Fitr / Ramazan Festival Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Bak Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Monday | Day prior to Sinhala and Tamil New Year | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Tuesday | Sinhala and Tamil New Year | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Friday | May Day / International Workers’ Day | Published holiday | May Day establishes this public-holiday date. The annual table’s older Vesak label is not repeated as the current festival label. | |
| Thursday | Id-Ul-Alha / Hadji Festival Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | Vesak Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | The date is a public holiday in the annual table; the name follows the Department of Buddhist Affairs’ 2026 Vesak programme rather than the annual table’s older Adhi Poson label. | |
| Sunday | Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | Observed in place of 2026-05-02. Public-holiday date amended by Gazette 2485/14; no substitute Monday is assigned. | |
| Monday | Poson Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Esala Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Milad-Un-Nabi / Holy Prophet’s Birthday | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Thursday | Nikini Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Saturday | Binara Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Vap Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Sunday | Deepawali Festival Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Tuesday | Ill Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Wednesday | Unduwap Full Moon Poya Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. | |
| Friday | Christmas Day | Published holiday | As listed in the cited publication. |
Sources and edition dates
This page is a reference to the following published 2026 schedule. It does not automatically create a future edition or incorporate an unpublished change.
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka: published 2026 annual holiday table — Original annual table: use its public-holiday dates with the separate 21 April amendment, not the unchanged 2 May entry. Publication date not stated here. Source checked 2026-10-24.
- Department of Labour: corrected Vesak-following holiday and attached Gazette 2485/14 — Notice dated 24 April 2026 and attached 21 April Gazette, posted on 19 May; moves the public holiday to 31 May. Published 2026-05-19. Source checked 2026-10-24.
- Department of Buddhist Affairs: 2026 State Vesak programme — Identifies 30 May as Vesak Full Moon Poya Day in the 2026 programme. Published 2026-04-23. Source checked 2026-10-24.
The annual table predates the Vesak changes. This edition reconciles the public-holiday amendment explicitly instead of copying its 2 May date or treating its bank/mercantile markers as interchangeable.
The lookup contains one entry per distinct public-holiday date; 1 May is retained as May Day without duplicating the older festival label.
Year-end archives retain their original source scope and provisional labels. For a later year or an amended schedule, use a separately verified publication.
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