Bank Holidays for 2024

Date	Description
January 15, Monday	Tamil Thai Pongal Day    B. P. M.
January 25, Thursday	Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
February 04, Sunday	Independence Day    B. P. M.
February 23, Friday	Navam Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
March 08, Friday	Mahasivarathri Day    B. P.
March 24, Sunday	Medin Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
March 29, Friday	Good Friday    B. P.
April 11, Thursday	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)    B. P.
April 12, Friday	Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day    B. P. M.
April 13, Saturday	Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day    B. P. M.
April 23, Tuesday	Bak Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
May 01, Wednesday	May Day (International Workers’ Day)    B. P. M.
May 23, Thursday	Vesak Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
May 24, Friday	Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day    B. P. M.
June 17, Monday	Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)    B. P.
June 21, Friday	Poson Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
July 20, Saturday	Esala Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
August 19, Monday	Nikini Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
September 16, Monday	Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday)     B. P. M.
September 17, Tuesday	Binara Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
October 17, Thursday	Vap Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
October 31, Thursday	Deepavali Festival Day    B. P.
November 15, Friday	Ill Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
December 14, Saturday	Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day    B. P.
December 25, Wednesday	Christmas Day    B. P. M.
B – Bank Holiday              P – Public Holiday                M – Mercantile Holiday All Saturdays and Sundays are Bank Holidays