Banking Holidays 2022

Date	Description	Holiday Type
January 14, Friday	Tamil Thai Pongal Day	B. P. M.
January 17, Monday	Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
February 4, Friday	Independence Day	B. P. M.
February 16, Wednesday	Navam Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
March 01, Tuesday	Mahasivarathri Day	B. P.
March 17, Thursday	Medin Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
April 13, Wednesday	Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	B. P. M.
April 14, Thursday	Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day	B. P. M.
April 15, Friday	Good Friday	B. P.
April 16, Saturday	Bak Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
May 01, Sunday	May Day	B. P. M.
May 02, Monday	Special Bank Holiday	(in lieu of May day which falls on a Sunday)
May 03, Tuesday	Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)	B. P.
May 15, Sunday	Vesak Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
May 16, Monday	Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day	B. P. M.
June 14, Tuesday	Poson Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
July 10, Sunday	Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)	B. P.
July 13, Wednesday	Esala Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
August 11, Thursday	Nikini Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
September 10, Saturday	Binara Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
October 09, Sunday	Vap Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
October 09, Sunday	Milan-Dun-Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday)	B. P. M.
October 10, Monday	Special Bank Holiday	(in lieu of Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday) which falls on a Sunday)
October 24, Monday	Deepavali Festival Day	B. P.
November 07, Monday	Ill Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
December 07, Wednesday	Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day	B. P.
December 25, Sunday	Christmas Day	B. P. M.
December 26, Monday	Special Bank Holiday	(in lieu of Christmas day which falls on a Sunday)

 

B – Bank Holiday
P – Public Holiday
M – Mercantile Holiday

All Saturdays and Sundays are Bank Holidays