National Holidays for 2009
         
January 10 Saturday Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day B.P
January 14 Wednesday Tamil Thai Pongal Day B.P.M.
 
February 04 Wednesday National Day B.P.M.
February 09 Monday Navam Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
February 23 Monday Mahasivarathri Day B.P.
 
March 10 Tuesday Medin Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
March 10 Tuesday Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday) B.P.M.
 
April 09 Thursday Bak Full Moon Poya Day B.P
April 10 Friday Good Friday B.P
April 13 Monday Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day B.P.M
April 14 Tuesday Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day B.P.M
 
May 01 Friday May Day B.P.M.
May 08 Friday Wesak Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
May 09 Saturday Day following Wesak Full Moon Poya Day B.P.M.
May 15 Friday Special Bank Holiday (Half a Day) - in lieu of Wesak Full Moon Poya Day which falls on Saturday) B
 
June 07 Sunday Poson Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
 
July 06 Monday Esala Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
 
August 05 Wednesday Nikini Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
 
September 04 Friday Binara Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
September 21 Monday Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)  B.P.
 
October 03 Saturday Vap Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
October 17 Saturday Deepavali Festival Day B.P.
 
November 02 Monday Il Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
November 28 Saturday Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day) B.P.
 
December 01 Tuesday Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day B.P.
December 25 Friday Christmas Day B.P.M.
December 31 Thursday Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day B.P
B – Bank Holiday P – Public Holiday             M - Mercantile Holiday
All Saturdays and Sundays are Bank Holidays