Work
Business hours
The working week in offices, including post offices, is usually from 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Some businesses also open until about 1pm on Saturday. Shops normally open from 10am to about 7pm weekdays, and until 3pm on Saturday. Businesses run by Muslims may take an extended lunch break on Friday so staff can attend Friday prayers. Banks are generally open from 9am to 3pm on weekdays, although some banks are open on Saturday. Tourist restaurants are generally open between 8am and 11pm. Bars usually close by midnight and last call is often a sobering 11pm. All exceptions to these opening hours are noted in relevant reviews.
Sri Lanka’s time, being 30 minutes off the top of the hour used in much of the world, bedevils many a traveller. Sri Lanka is 5 and a half hours ahead of GMT (the same as India), 4and a half hours behind Australian EST and 10 and a half hours ahead of American EST.
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