January

Tuesday

15

Tamil Thai Pongal Day 
(A four day long Hindu Tamil Harvest Festival)

January

Sunday

20

Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
(Signifies the Lord Buddha’s first visit to Sri Lanka to settle a dispute between Yakkas and Nagas)

February

Monday

04

National Day 
(Sri Lanka's Independence Day is celebrated on 4th of February and commemorates the independence from Colonial British rule in 1948)

February

Tuesday

19

Navam Full Moon Poya Day (Navam Full Moon Poya Day - The Navam full moon Poya day celebrates the appinment of Buddha’s two chief disciples and the first-ever Buddhist Council held after the passing away of Lord Buddha)

March

Monday

04

Mahasivarathri Day 
(A Hindu festival held in celebration of Lord Shiva and is believed to be his most favorite day)

March

Wednesday

20

Madin Full Moon Poya Day 
(Celebration of Lord Buddha’s visit to his hometown Kapilavastu)

April

Saturday

13

Day Prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day

April

Sunday

14

Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day 
(A local harvest festival and the beginning of traditional New Year, which carries a close resemblance to many New Year festivals found in the region)

April

Friday

19

Bak Full Moon Poya Day 
(Bak Full moon Poya Day celebrates Lord Buddha’s second visit to Sri Lanka to make peace between two warring local chiefs, who were also uncle and nephew)

April

Friday

19

Good Friday (Good Friday- is a religious Holiday commemorated by the Christian community in Sri Lanka commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary)

May

Wednesday

01

May day 
(The International Workers’ Day is celebrated with marches and public meeting all over Sri Lanka)

May

Saturday

18

Vesak Full Moon Poya Day 
(Commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Gautama Buddha and is celebrated in its full glory in Sri Lanka)

May

Sunday

19

Vesak Full Moon Poya Holiday Day 
(Commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Gautama Buddha and is celebrated in its full glory in Sri Lanka)

June

Wednesday

05

Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day) 
(The festival of breaking the fast is an Islamic religious festival celebrating the end of the 29 -30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan)

June

Sunday

16

Poson Full Moon Poya Day 
(Commemorates the arrival of Buddhism to Sri Lanka from India and is celebrated as widely and as grandly as Vesak itself)

July

Tuesday

16

Esala Full Moon Poya Day 
(Celebrates the delivery of Lord Buddha’s first discourse 'Dhammacakkappavattana Sutra' to five disciples at the deer park of Isipathana and commencement of Vas or Rainy Season retreat for Bikkhus)

August

Monday

12

Id-Ul-Alha(Hadji Festival Day) (Adha is a three day global Islamic festival and is part of the Hajj or the pilgrimage to Mecca

August

Wednesday

14

Nikini Full Moon Poya Day 
(The historic Kandy Esala Perahara ends on this day while Seruwila Raja Maha Viharaya and Bellanwila Raja Maha Vihara annual Perahera are held during the month of Nikini)

September

Friday

13

Binara Full Moon Poya Day 
(The Buddhist Bikkhuni Order was established on a Binara Full moon Poya day)

October

Sunday

13

Vap Full Moon Poya Day(Marks Buddha's preaching of Abhidamma to the gods in Tavatimsa and the end of the Buddhist period of fasting)

October

Sunday

27

Deepavali Festival Day(Diwali marks the return of Lord Rama, who was the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, from a fourteen year exile.)

November

Sunday

10

Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday.'Mawlid' is Celebrated by Muslims during the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar.)

November

Tuesday

12

Ill Full Moon Poya Day(Commemorates Buddha's ordination of sixty disciples as the first missionaries)

December

Wednesday

11

Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day(Celebrates the arrival of the Bo tree sapling in Anuradhapura, brought by Ashoka's daughter, Sangamitta)

December

Wednesday

25

Christmas Day(Christmas Day celebrates the Nativity of Jesus.On this day, over 2 billion people (over a third of the world's population) will celebrate the birth of Christ.)