Central Bank of Sri Lanka - Bank Holidays for 2018
Date |
Description |
| January 01st Monday | Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| January 14th Sunday | Tamil Thai Pongal Day B.P.M. |
| January 15th Monday | Special Bank Holiday (In lieu of Tamil Thai Pongal Day which falls on a Sunday) B. |
| January 31st Wednesday | Navam Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| February 04th Sunday | National Day B.P.M. |
| February 05th Monday | Special Bank Holiday (In lieu of National Day which falls on a Sunday) B. |
| February 13th Tuesday | Mahasivarathri Day B.P. |
| March 01st Thursday | Medin Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| March 30th Friday | Good Friday B.P. |
| March 31st Saturday | Bak Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| April 13th Friday | Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day B.P.M. |
| April 14th Saturday | Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day B.P.M. |
| April 20th Friday | Half a Day Special Bank Holiday (In lieu of Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day which falls on a Saturday) B. |
| April 29th Sunday | Vesak Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| April 30th Monday | Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day B.P.M. |
| May 07th Monday | May Day B.P.M. |
| May 29th Tuesday | Adi-Poson Full Moon Poya Day B.P |
| June 15th Friday |
Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day) B.P. |
| June 27th Wednesday | Poson Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| July 27th Friday | Esala Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| August 22nd Wednesday | Id-Ul-Alha (Hajjhi Festival Day) B.P. |
| August 25th Saturday | Nikini Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| September 24th Monday | Binara Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| October 24th Wednesday | Vap Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| November 06th Tuesday | Deepavali Festival Day B.P. |
| November 20th Tuesday | Milan-Dun-Nabi (Holy Prophet's Birthday) B.P.M. |
| November 22nd Thursday | Il Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| December 22nd Saturday | Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day B.P. |
| December 25th Tuesday | Christmas Day B.P.M. |
| B – Bank Holiday P – Public Holiday M - Mercantile Holiday All Saturdays and Sundays are Bank Holidays |
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