Sri Lanka Public Mercantile and Bank Holidays for 2015

Tourists in Sri Lankan beach in a Holiday trip of them 

Sri Lankan Holiday Calendar 2015

You can find the official holiday Calender issued by Central Bank of Sri Lanka below, Plan your year 2015 and contribute , Spend , Experience the life with confidence. 

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Bank Holidays for 2015
January	04	Sunday | B.P.	Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
January	04	Sunday | B.P.M.	Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday)	B.P.M.
January	05	Monday | B.	Special Bank Holiday in Lieu of Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday) which falls on Sunday 04 January	B.
January	15	Thur | B.P.M.	Tamil Thai Pongal Day	B.P.M.
February	03	Tuesday | B.P.	Nawam Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
February	04	Wed | B.P.M.	National Day	B.P.M.
February	17	Tue | B.P.	Mahasivarathri Day	B.P.
March	05	Thursday | B.P.	Medin Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
April	03	Friday | B.P.	Bak Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
April	03	Friday | B.P.	Good Friday	B.P.
April	13	Monday | B.P.M.	Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	B.P.M.
April	14	Tuesday | B.P.M.	Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	B.P.M.
May	01	Friday | B.P.M.	May Day	B.P.M.
May	03	Sunday | B.P.	Vesak Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
May	04	Monday  | B.P.M.	Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.M.
June	02	Thuesday | B.P.	Poson Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
July	01	Wed | B.P.	Adhi-Esala Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
July	18	Saturday | B.P.	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)	B.P.
July	31	Friday | B.P.	Esala Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
August	29	Saturday | B.P.	Nikini Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
September	24	Thursday | B.P.	Id-Ul-Alha (Hajjhi Festival Day)	B.P.
September	27	Sunday | B.P.	Binara Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
October	27	Tuesday | B.P.	Vap Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
November	10	Thuesday | B.P.	Deepavali Festival Day	B.P.
November	25	Wednesday | B.P.	Il Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
December	24	Thursday | B.P.	Unduwap Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
December	25	Friday B.P.M.	Christmas Day	B.P.M.
B – Bank Holiday P – Public Holiday             M - Mercantile Holiday All Saturdays and Sundays are Bank Holidays

Source : http://www.cbsl.gov.lk/

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Sri Lanka Calender 2015

Calendar Sri Lanka 2015

Find out when public holidays in Sri Lanka are held so you can better plan your Sri Lankan holiday. While religious festivals make the majority of the holidays in Sri Lanka, significance is given to Full moon poya days during which the sale of alcoholic beverages, meats and fish is prohibited.

Festivals in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka having a history as long as many ancient civilizations, positioning in the crossroad of the East and the West, and being a multicultural society, celebrates a wide variety of festivals, ceremonies and events.

Every year on or about April 13th Sinhala and Tamil people celebrate Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival, and Muslims celebrate Ramadan. Esala Perahera (A-suh-luh peh-ruh-ha-ruh) is the grand festival of Esala held in Sri Lanka. It is very grand with elegant costumes. Happening in July or August in Kandy, it has become a unique symbol of Sri Lanka. It is aBuddhist festival consisting of dances and richly decorated elephants. There are fire-dances, whip-dances, Kandian dancesand various other cultural dances. The elephants are usually adorned with lavish garments. The festival ends with the traditional 'diya-kepeema'. The elephant is paraded around the city bearing the tooth of Buddha.

January[edit]

• January - Thai Pongal - (Religious/Hindu)
• January - Duruthu Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)
• January - The Initial Aluth Sahal Mangallaya (New Rice Festival) at the Temple of the Tooth - (Customary/Sinhalese/Agriculture related)
• January - Patti Pongal - (Religious/Hindu/Agriculture related)
• January - Patti Kiri Ithirima - (Customary/Sinhalese/Agriculture related)

February[edit]

• February - The National Day (Independence Day) - (Customary/Political/Commemorating the Political Freedom attained from the British Empire)
• February - Navam Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)

March[edit]

• March - Maha Shivaratri - (Religious/Hindu)
• March - Milad-Un-Nabi - (Religious/Islam)
• March - Medin Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)
• March - Good Friday - (Religious/Catholic/Christian)

April

• April - Watching the new moon for the new Lunar year - (Customary/Astrology related)
• April - Day Prior to Sinhala and Tamil New Year - (Religious/Customary/Buddhist/Hindu/Sinhalese/Agriculture related/Astrology related)
• April - Sinhala and Tamil New Year - (Religious/Customary/Buddhist/Hindu/Sinhalese/Agriculture related/Astrology related)
• April - National herbal oil anointing ceremony - (Customary/Buddhist/Sinhalese/Astrology related)
• April - Bak Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)

May

• May - May Day - (Customary/Political)
• May - Watching the new moon for the new Solar year - (Customary/Astrology related)
• May - Vesak Full Moon Poya (Vesak) - (Religious/Buddhist)

June

• June - Poson Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)

July

• July - Esala Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)
• July - Ramazan Festival - (Religious/Muslims)

August

• August - Nikini Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)
• August - Esala Perahera - (Customary/Religious/Political/Buddhist/Hindu/Sinhalese)

September

• September - Binara Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)

October

• October - Ramazan Fastival - (Religious/Islam)
• October - Vap Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)
• October - Deepavali - (Religious/Hindu)

November

• November - Il Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)

December

• December - Haj Festival - (Religious/Islam)
• December - Unduvap Full Moon Poya - (Religious/Buddhist)
• December - Christmas - (Religious/Catholic/Christian)

Source WIKI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivals_in_Sri_Lanka