JANUARY Day Holiday Type Long Weekend? 14 Tue Thai Pongal PBM Almost 14 Tue Holy Prophet's Birthday PBM Almost 15 Wed Duruthu Poya PB FEBRUARY 4 Tue National Day PBM Almost 14 Fri Navam Poya PB YES 27 Thu Maha Sivarathri PB Almost MARCH 16 Sun Medin Poya PB APRIL 13 Sun Day before Sri Lankan New Year PBM 14 Mon Sri Lankan New Year PBM YES 14 Mon Bak Poya PB YES 18 Fri Good Friday PB YES MAY 1 Thu May Day PBM Almost 14 Wed Wesak Poya PB Almost 15 Thu Day After Wesak PBM Almost JUNE 12 Thu Poson Poya PB Almost JULY 12 Sat Esala Poya PB 29 Tue Ramazan PB Almost AUGUST 10 Sun Nikini Poya PB SEPTEMBER 8 Mon Binara Poya PB YES OCTOBER 5 Sun Hadji PB 8 Wed Vap Poya PB 22 Wed Deepavali PB NOVEMBER 6 Thu Il Poya PB DECEMBER 6 Sat Unduvap Poya PB 25 Thu Christmas PBM Almost

This is our list of Sri Lankan holidays for 2014. What we've added is to note the seven long weekends this year, as well as the nine almost long weekends, when you can take a day off and get an extra long vacation.We've also noted whether holidays are Bank (B), Public (P) or Mercantile (M). In case you don't know exactly what this means (we didn't), bank holidays are just for banks, public holidays are for banks and government but not necessarily private companies, and mercantile holidays are for all of the above plus private companies. Note that in Sri Lanka most companies give public holidays off, including Poyas.The best month for holidays remains April, which has both Avurudu and Good Friday. Avurudu is technically only two days (one on a weekend), but most Sri Lankans end up taking the whole week off. The worst months for holidays are March and August, which have none that fall on a weekday.You can download or copy the iCal link here: http://goo.gl/VvR47w Anyways, here you go. Happy Holidays.