Sri Lanka Public Holidays

	2008	2009
New Year's Day	1 Jan	1 Jan
Tamil Thai Pongal Day	15 Jan	Jan*
Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day	22 Jan	Jan*
National Day	4 Feb	4 Feb
Navam Full Moon Poya Day	20 Feb	Feb
Maha Sivarathri Day	6 Mar	Mar*
Milad un-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet)	20 Mar	9 Mar
Good Friday	21 Mar	10 Apr
Sinhala and Tamil New Year	13-14 Apr	Apr*
Bak Full Moon Poya Day	19 Apr	Apr*
May Day	1 May	1 May
Vesak (Buddha Day)	19-20 May	1-2 May
Poson Full Moon Poya Day	18 Jun	Jun*
Esala Full Moon Poya Day	17 Jul	Jul*
Nikini Full Moon Poya Day	16 Aug	Aug*
Binara Full Moon Poya Day	14 Sep	Sep*
Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	2 Oct	21 Sep
Vap Full Moon Poya Day	14 Oct	Oct*
Deepavali	28 Oct	18 Oct
Il Full Moon Poya Day	12 Nov	Nov*
Eid al-Adha (Hadji Festival Day)	9 Dec	28 Nov
Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day	12 Dec	Dec*
Christmas Day	25 Dec	25 Dec