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Sri Lanka holidays, on your website.

Free widgets that show the next public holiday and the Poya days, kept up to date from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka's list, and calendar feeds for your phone. Copy the code and paste it into your site.

Next Sri Lanka public holiday and Poya day

The next public holiday and the next Poya day, with how many days are left, and the four holidays after that.

Embed code (light)
<iframe src="https://hirantha.me/widgets/sri-lanka-holidays" title="Next Sri Lanka public holiday and Poya day" width="100%" height="360" style="border:0;max-width:420px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Sri Lanka holidays from <a href="https://hirantha.me/tools/sri-lanka-holidays">hirantha.me</a></p>
Embed code (dark)
<iframe src="https://hirantha.me/widgets/sri-lanka-holidays?theme=dark" title="Next Sri Lanka public holiday and Poya day" width="100%" height="360" style="border:0;max-width:420px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Sri Lanka holidays from <a href="https://hirantha.me/tools/sri-lanka-holidays">hirantha.me</a></p>

Sri Lanka Poya days

Every full moon Poya day of the year, with the past ones greyed out and the next one marked. Add ?year=2027 to the address for next year.

Embed code (light)
<iframe src="https://hirantha.me/widgets/poya-days" title="Sri Lanka Poya days" width="100%" height="520" style="border:0;max-width:420px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Sri Lanka holidays from <a href="https://hirantha.me/tools/sri-lanka-holidays">hirantha.me</a></p>
Embed code (dark)
<iframe src="https://hirantha.me/widgets/poya-days?theme=dark" title="Sri Lanka Poya days" width="100%" height="520" style="border:0;max-width:420px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px">Sri Lanka holidays from <a href="https://hirantha.me/tools/sri-lanka-holidays">hirantha.me</a></p>

Calendar feeds

Subscribe once and the holidays stay in your calendar app, refreshed daily. Each event links back to the full list.

The data itself

Building something? The same holidays are a free JSON API with a key: see the free API. They are also open data files on GitHub: Sri Lanka public holidays and Poya days (JSON, CSV, iCalendar), university cut-off marks (CSV, JSON).

Questions

Is it free, also for a business website?

Yes. Any website may use the widgets and the calendars, including a company, school or news site. The only thing asked is that you keep the small link under the widget, which the code already has.

Does the widget update itself?

Yes. It always shows the holidays from today on, worked out on Sri Lanka time, from the same list as the holidays page. When the next year's holidays are gazetted they appear without any change on your side.

Does it track my visitors or slow my page down?

No. A widget is a small page with no scripts, no cookies and no analytics, loaded only when it scrolls into view.

Can I change the colours?

There is a light and a dark version: add ?theme=dark to the address in the code for the dark one. The size is set by the width and height in the code; change them to fit your page.

How do I add the holidays to my phone's calendar?

On an iPhone, open a Subscribe link below and confirm. On Android, use the Google Calendar link while signed in to Google. In Outlook, choose Add calendar, From internet, and paste the .ics address. The calendar refreshes itself.