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JANUARY FEBRUARY PUBLIC, BANK, MERCANTILE AND SEPTEMBER FULL MOON POYA HOLIDAYS – 2010 MTWTFSS MTWTFSS (Subject To Variation) MTWTFSS 123 12 34567 **** January 14 Thursday – Tamil Thai Pongal Day*†‡ **12345 45 678910 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 January 29 Friday – Navam Full Moon Poya 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Day*† 13 14 15 16 17 18 \19 February 04 Thursday – National Day †‡ 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 * 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 February 27 Saturday – Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ** ***** Prophet’s Birthday) *†‡ 27 28 29 30 ** * February 28 Sunday – Medin Full Moon Poya Date Phase of the moon Time Date Phase of the moon Time Date Phase of the moon Time Day*† 15 l 12 42 14 l 08 22 08 l 16 00 23 16 24 22 06 13 March 13 Saturday – Maha Sivarathri Day*† 15 11 20 30 11 48 28 22 08 March 29 Monday – Bak Full Moon Poya Day*† 23 14 48 06 05 19 07 21 13 01 09 23 April 02 Friday – Good Friday*† April 13 Tuesday – Day prior to Sinhala and MARCH APRIL Tamil New Year Day*†‡ OCTOBER April 14 Wednesday – Sinhala and Tamil New MTWTFSS MTWTFSS Year Day*†‡ MTWTFSS April 28 Wednesday – Adi Wesak Full Moon 12 34567 ***1234 Poya Day*† ****123 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 4456 7891011 May 01 Saturday – May Day*†‡ 45 678910 May 27 Thursday – Wesak Full Moon Poya 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Day*† 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 May 28 Friday – Day following Wesak Full 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 29 30 31 **** 26 27 28 29 30 ** Moon Poya Day*†‡ 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 June 25 Friday – Poson Full Moon Poya Date Phase of the moon Time Date Phase of the moon Time Day*† Date Phase of the moon Time 16 l 02 32 14 l 18 00 July 25 Sunday – Esala Full Moon Poya 08 l 00 15 23 16 31 21 23 50 Day*† 15 02 58 30 07 56 28 17 49 23 07 07 06 15 08 06 09 45 August 24 Tuesday – Nikini Full Moon Poya 30 18 16 Day*† September 10 Friday – Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan MAY JUNE Festival Day)*† NOVEMBER September 22 Wednesday – Binara Full Moon Poya MTWTFSS MTWTFSS Day*† MTWTFSS October 22 Friday – Vap Full Moon Poya Day*† 31 * ***12 * 1 23456 12 34567 November 05 Friday – Deepavali Festival Day*† 34 56789 7 8 910111213 November 17 Wednesday – Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Day)*† 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 November 21 Sunday – Il Full Moon Poya Day*† 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 **** December 20 Monday – Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day*† 29 30 ***** December 25 Saturday – Christmas Day*†‡ Date Phase of the moon Time Date Phase of the moon Time Date Phase of the moon Time 14 l 06 35 l 06 l 10 22 12 16 45 * Public Holidays † Bank Holidays ‡ Mercantile Holidays 21 05 13 19 10 00 13 22 09 28 04 38 21 22 58 26 17 01 All Saturdays are Bank Holidays. 05 03 44 04 20 06 29 02 07 * The above Public Holidays are also applicable to the Postal, Customs and Meteorological Departments. Changes in JULY AUGUST Public Holidays will be announced by Notification in the DECEMBER Government Gazette. MTWTFSS MTWTFSS MTWTFSS Full Moon Poya Holidays approved by the Poya Committee. These days are common Holidays applicable to all ***1234 30 31 ****1 employees. **12345 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 23 45678 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Public Holidays 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9101112131415 l New Moon First Quarter 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Full Moon Last Quarter 27 28 29 30 31 ** 26 27 28 29 30 31 * 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 N. B.– It is hereby notified for general information that the Public and Bank Holidays and Full Moon Poya Days for the Year 2010 Date Phase of the moon Time Date Phase of the moon Time given in this Calendar have been approved by the Date Phase of the moon Time 05 l 23 06 12 l 01 11 10 l 08 39 Hon. Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs, under 13 19 29 18 15 41 16 23 45 the Holidays Act. 21 13 44 26 07 07 24 22 35 28 09 49 03 10 29 01 22 52 All times given here are Sri Lanka Standard Time which is 5 1/2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Çå°ñ ïºåǺëÇæ ï¨à¾à÷Æ murhq;f jfty; epiyak; Government Information Centre LET’S PROTECT Īú¾à THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS ¡Äº¾à¾. Ä̾à¾. ¼æ¾ª¾à¾.
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