Sri Lanka Independence Day

Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day in Sri Lanka on January 17 (In honour of Lord Buddha's first visit to Sri Lanka);

Navam Full Moon Poya Day in Sri Lanka on January 17 (The Buddha proclaims for the first time a code of fundamental ethical precepts for the monks);

Magha Puja on February 16 (Full moon, 3rd Thai lunar month);

Maha Shivaratri in Sri Lanka on March 1 (is a annual festival celebrated annually in honor of Shiva. There is a Shivaratri in every luni-solar month of the Hindu calendar, on the month's 13th night/14th day, but once a year in late winter and before the arrival of Summer, marks Maha Shivaratri which means "the Great Night of Shiva");

Air Force Day in Sri Lanka on March 2;

Bengali New Year on April 15 (or Poila Boishakh. Sri Lankans begin celebrating their National New Year);

Bak Full Moon Poya Day in Sri Lanka on April 26 (commemorates the second visit of The Buddha to Sri Lanka)