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Sri Lanka Public and Bank Holidays 2027 – Official Gazette
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Sri Lanka Public & Bank Holidays 2027 | Official Gazette
2027
Sri Lanka Public and Bank Holidays 2027
Official holiday schedule published through the Gazette Extraordinary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
Official Holiday List for 2027
The Government of Sri Lanka has officially declared the Public and Bank Holidays for the year 2027 under Section 4 of the Holidays Act, No. 29 of 1971.
The official announcement was published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2493/05 dated 16 June 2026 by the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government.
The schedule contains 25 officially declared dates. Each date listed in the Gazette has been marked as both a Public Holiday and a Bank Holiday.
25
Official Holiday Dates
3
Language Versions
2493/05
Gazette Number
Complete Tri-Language Holiday Schedule
Every holiday is provided below in English, Sinhala and Tamil for easy reference.
ENGLISH
සිංහල
தமிழ்
January 2027
15 January 2027 • Friday
ENGLISH
Tamil Thai Pongal Day
සිංහල
දෙමළ තෛපොංගල් දිනය
தமிழ்
தமிழ் தைப்பொங்கல் தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
22 January 2027 • Friday
ENGLISH
Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
දුරුතු පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
துருது முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
February 2027
04 February 2027 • Thursday
ENGLISH
Independence Day
සිංහල
නිදහස් සමරු දිනය
தமிழ்
சுதந்திர தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
20 February 2027 • Saturday
ENGLISH
Navam Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
නවම් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
நவம் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
March 2027
06 March 2027 • Saturday
ENGLISH
Maha Shivarathri Day
සිංහල
මහා ශිව රාත්රී දිනය
தமிழ்
மகா சிவராத்திரி தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
10 March 2027 • Wednesday
ENGLISH
Id-Ul-Fitre – Ramazan Festival Day
සිංහල
ඊදුල් ෆීතර් – රාමසාන් උත්සව දිනය
தமிழ்
ஈதுல் பித்ர் – ரமழான் பண்டிகை தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
22 March 2027 • Monday
ENGLISH
Medin Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
මැදින් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
மெதின் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
26 March 2027 • Friday
ENGLISH
Good Friday
සිංහල
මහ සිකුරාදා දිනය
தமிழ்
பெரிய வெள்ளி தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
April 2027
13 April 2027 • Tuesday
ENGLISH
Day Prior to Sinhala and Tamil New Year Day
සිංහල
සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනට පෙර දිනය
தமிழ்
சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு தினத்திற்கு முந்திய தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
14 April 2027 • Wednesday
ENGLISH
Sinhala and Tamil New Year Day
සිංහල
සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුදු දිනය
தமிழ்
சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
20 April 2027 • Tuesday
ENGLISH
Bak Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
බක් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
பக் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
May 2027
01 May 2027 • Saturday
ENGLISH
May Day – International Workers’ Day
සිංහල
ලෝක කම්කරු දිනය
தமிழ்
உலக தொழிலாளர் தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
17 May 2027 • Monday
ENGLISH
Id-Ul-Alha – Hadji Festival Day
සිංහල
ඊදුල් අල්හා – හජ්ජි උත්සව දිනය
தமிழ்
ஈதுல் அல்ஹா – ஹஜ் பெருநாள் தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
19 May 2027 • Wednesday
ENGLISH
Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
வெசாக் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
20 May 2027 • Thursday
ENGLISH
Day Following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
වෙසක් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනට පසු දිනය
தமிழ்
வெசாக் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினத்திற்கு அடுத்த தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
June 2027
18 June 2027 • Friday
ENGLISH
Poson Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
පොසොන් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
பொசன் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
July 2027
18 July 2027 • Sunday
ENGLISH
Esala Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
ඇසළ පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
எசல முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
August 2027
15 August 2027 • Sunday
ENGLISH
Milad-Un-Nabi – Holy Prophet’s Birthday
සිංහල
මිලාදුන් නබි – නබි නායකතුමාගේ උපන් දිනය
தமிழ்
மீலாதுன் நபி – நபிகள் நாயகத்தின் பிறந்த தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
16 August 2027 • Monday
ENGLISH
Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
නිකිණි පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
நிகினி முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
September 2027
15 September 2027 • Wednesday
ENGLISH
Binara Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
බිනර පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
பினர முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
October 2027
15 October 2027 • Friday
ENGLISH
Vap Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
වප් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
வப் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
28 October 2027 • Thursday
ENGLISH
Deepawali Festival Day
සිංහල
දීපවාලී උත්සව දිනය
தமிழ்
தீபாவளி பண்டிகை தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
November 2027
13 November 2027 • Saturday
ENGLISH
Il Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
ඉල් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
இல் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
December 2027
13 December 2027 • Monday
ENGLISH
Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day
සිංහල
උඳුවප් පුර පසළොස්වක පොහොය දිනය
தமிழ்
உதுவப் முழு நோன்மதி போயா தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
25 December 2027 • Saturday
ENGLISH
Christmas Day
සිංහල
නත්තල් උත්සව දිනය
தமிழ்
நத்தார் பண்டிகை தினம்
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
BANK HOLIDAY
Important Information
- All dates shown above are marked as Public Holidays and Bank Holidays in the official Gazette.
- The holiday schedule was issued under the Holidays Act, No. 29 of 1971.
- Readers are advised to refer to the official Gazette PDF for the original Government notification.
- Any later amendments or special holiday declarations should be confirmed through subsequent official Government announcements.
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