Sl.No.

Gazetted Holiday

Date

Day of the week

1

Tamil Thai Pongal Day

January 14

Thursday

2

Republic Day of India

January 26

Tuesday

3

Sri Lanka National Day

February 04

Thursday

4

Holi

March 29

Monday

5

Good Friday

April 02

Friday

6

Sinhala and Tamil New Year

April 14

Wednesday

7

Ram Navami

April 21

Sunday

8

Mahavir Jayanti

April 25

Friday

9

Id-ul-Fitr

May 14

Wednesday

10

Buddha Purnima

(Vesak full moon Poya Day)

May 26

Wednesday

11

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)

July 21

Wednesday

12

Independence Day

August 15

Sunday

13

Krishna Janmashtami

August 30

Monday

14

Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday

October 02

Saturday

15

Dussehra

October 15

Friday

16

Diwali (Deepavali)

November 04

Thursday

17

Guru Nanak’s Birthday

November 19

Friday