National Holidays for 2012
January	08	Sunday	Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
January	15	Sunday	Tamil Thai Pongal Day	B.P.M.
January	16	Monday	Special Bank Holiday ( in lieu of Thai Pongal Day which falls on Sunday)	B.
February	04	Saturday	National Day	B.P.M.
February	05	Sunday	Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday)	B.P.M
February	07	Tuesday	Nawam Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
February	10	Friday	Special Bank Holiday ( in lieu of  Holy Prophet’s Birthday which falls on Sunday)	B.
February	20	Monday	Mahasivarathri Day	B.P.
March	07	Wednesday	Medin Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
April	06	Friday	Bak Full Moon Poya Day Good Friday	B.P.
April	12	Thursday	Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	B.P.M.
April	13	Friday	Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	B.P.M.
May	01	Tuesday	May Day	B.P.M.
May	05	Saturday	Vesak Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
May	06	Sunday	Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.M.
May	07	Monday	Special Bank Holiday (in lieu of Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day which falls on Sunday)	B.
June	04	Monday	Poson Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
July	03	Tuesday	Esala Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
August	01	Wednesday	Nikini Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
August	19	Sunday	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)	B.P.
August	31	Friday	Adhi Binara Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
September	29	Saturday	Binara Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
October	26	Friday	Id-Ul-Alha (Hajjhi Festival Day)	B.P.
October	29	Monday	Vap Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
November	13	Tuesday	Deepawali Festival Day	B.P.
November	27	Tuesday	Il Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
December	25	Tuesday	Christmas Day	B.P.M.
December	27	Thursday	Unduwap Full Moon Poya Day	B.P.
B – Bank Holiday P – Public Holiday             M - Mercantile Holiday All Saturdays and Sundays are Bank Holidays