Bank Holidays » Home » Bank Holidays   Bank Holidays 2012   [B] - Bank Holiday                [P] - Public Holiday            [M] - Mercantile Holiday   Type Month Date Day Holiday in lieu of B. January 08 Sunday Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day B.P.M. January 15 Sunday Tamil Thai Pongal Day B. January 16 Monday Special Bank Holiday (in Lieu of Thai Pongal Day which falls on Sunday) B.P.M. February 4 Saturday National Day B.P.M. February 5 Sunday Milad- Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday) B.P. February 7 Tuesday Nawam Full Moon Poya Day B. February 10 Friday Special Bank Holiday (in lieu of Holy Prophet’s Birthday which falls on Sunday) B.P. February 20 Monday Mahasivarathri Day B.P. March 07 Wednesday Medin Full Moon Poya Day B.P. April 06 Friday Bak Full Moon Poya Day and Good Friday B.P.M. April 12 Thursday Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day B.P.M. April 13 Friday Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day B.P.M. May 01 Tuesday May day B.P. May 05 Saturday Wesak Full Moon Poya Day B.P.M. May 06 Sunday Day following wesak Full Moon Poya Day B. May 07 Monday Special Bank Holiday (In lieu of day following Wesak Full Moon Poya day which falls on Sunday) B.P. June 04 Monday Poson Full Moon Poya Day B.P. July 03 Tuesday Esala Full Moon Poya Day B.P. August 01 Wednesday Nikini Full Moon Poya Day B.P. August 19 Sunday Id-Ui-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day) B.P. August 31 Friday Adhi Binara Full Moon Poya Day B.P. September 29 Saturday Binara Full Moon Poya Day B.P. October 26 Friday Id-Ui-Alha (Hadji Festival day) B.P. October 29 Monday Vap Full Moon Poya Day B.P. November 13 Tuesday Deepavali Festival Day B.P. November 27 Tuesday Full Moon Poya Day B.P.M. December 25 Tuesday Christmas day B.P. December 27 Thursday Unduvap Full moon Poya Day