Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

Easter Sunday falls sometime between late March and late April and the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in middle of April. How and when were they defined? The Sun as seen by observers at sunrise does not ...