January

Friday

06

Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day 

January

Sunday

15

Tamil Thai Pongal Day

February

Saturday

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

Sunday

05

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)

February

Saturday

18

Mahasivarathri Day

March

Tuesday

07

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

April

Wednesday

05

(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

07

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)

April

Thursday

13

Day Prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day

April

Friday

14

Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day 

April

Saturday

22

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)  

May

Monday

01

May day 

May

Friday

05

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

Saturday

06

Day following 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

Saturday

03

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)

June

Thursday

29

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

July

Monday

03

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

Tuesday

01

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)

August

Wenesday

30

Adhi Nikini Full Moon Poya Day 

September

Thursday

28

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

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

October

Saturday

28

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)

November

Sunday

12

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

November

Sunday

26

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

December

Monday

25

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

December

Tuesday

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.)