What festival is on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2019? Is the lunar calendar good?

The twelfth month of the lunar calendar every year is commonly known as the twelfth month. So, what festival is on the eighteenth day of the twelfth month in 2019? Is the lunar calendar good? The arrival of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar means that we are entering the coldest season of the year. Let’s learn more about it in Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018.

What festival is on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2019?

The eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is the dust-sweeping festival, which is also known as dust removal, debris removal, dusting, and beating dust. It is one of the traditional Chinese folk customs. It originated from a religious ritual of the ancient Han people to drive away disease and epidemics. This ritual later evolved into the end-of-year cleaning, which embodies the Han working people's beautiful wishes to ward off evil spirits and disasters and welcome good fortune.
In the north it is called sweeping the house, and in the south it is called dusting. Thoroughly clean the indoors and outdoors, in front of and behind the house, and wash all the clothes, bedding and utensils to welcome the New Year in a clean manner. Everyone, big and small, is preparing for the New Year. Before and after the Kitchen God worship and until New Year's Eve, there is a general cleaning. The year's accumulated dust in the corners, under the bed, and on the pillars and beams of the house must be cleared away with a broom on this day. The metal handles on the cabinets should also be wiped clean. This is a very old custom.
The tools used for "sweeping the dust" also have their own particularities. In the past, people usually went to the mountainside to find a lot of bamboo threads, tied them together, and made a duster. When setting off firecrackers on the morning of the first day of the new year, the dust, firecrackers and other debris should be put together. It’s a new year, and we must not let our wealth slip away. We must have a good start. It takes three days before the garbage can be processed. This is called "accumulating wealth."
After cleaning the house, it is time to clean the kitchen, rice barn, chicken coop, pigpen, etc. These places will be cleaned until the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. This is called wishing for a good harvest, thriving livestock, and flocks of chickens and ducks.

Analysis of the lunar calendar for the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2019:

【The old almanac is suitable】
Pray for blessings, get married, receive wealth, open business, build stoves, break ground, start drilling, repair graves, bury, fast and offer sacrifices, pray for offspring, seek wealth, take up a post, build, break ground, erect pillars, plant, settle lawsuits, sign contracts, build houses, catch fish, etc. [Taboo in the old almanac]
Bed installation, felling wood, raising beams, bringing in livestock, seeking medical treatment, moving, moving into a new house, installing incense, and sailing. Auspicious gods to follow: Tiande, Yuede, not guarding tombs, Mingwei, Daming, Fusheng, Huoyao, Mucang, Quxing, Tianfu, Wufu, Yangde. Evil spirits to avoid: Daozhen, Leigong, Tujin, Youhuo, Zhuquezhong. Peng Zu's 100 taboos: Geng does not have meridians, Shen does not have beds. Conflicts: Monkey Day Conflict (Jiayin) Tiger Yearly evil spirit: Yearly evil Southern star: Dongfang Ji Water Leopard - auspicious