sunrise or sunset automation will NOT trigger | Home Assistant | Page 1

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 6:58 PM

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I have been trying to adjust my location and my clock. But the automation will not trigger on sunrise or sunset. I am able to manually trigger the automation and all the steps work. Just the automation won't trigger automatically.

alias: Sunrise Controller
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: sun
    event: sunrise
    offset: "-00:40:00"
conditions: []
actions:
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: e33adcbec765de673f2f4aa3c71c0f5f
    entity_id: 90c797fc22812b773c1d4a6f0db70f2d
    domain: light
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: b4d7ffd9419f8c72656ab46959d9332a
    entity_id: 0b9f95df5883829c093809a42580494e
    domain: light
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: f62ae3971f0afa94b50d1b5674614a7e
    entity_id: 90d6bec6159c976adf65424934b36c03
    domain: light
mode: single

craggy wadiBOT Jul 18, 2025, 6:59 PM

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ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:02 PM

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I don't see why that wouldn't work as long as you have the proper location set for HA

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:04 PM

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ember brook I don't see why that wouldn't work as long as you have the proper location set f...

I checked the time and put a clock on my overview tab. The time matches. I do pay for Nuba Casa and that is linked and working.

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ok wait it does have my location as China... I put in the lat/long for my city

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but I'll try again

ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:05 PM

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That is the problem

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Subscription is unrelated

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:06 PM

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google says my lat and long is:

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numbers N and numbers W

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but everytime I input that it puts me in china

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sour verge Jul 18, 2025, 7:08 PM

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languid kernel numbers N and numbers W

you are revealing your location to all btw

ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:08 PM

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Your west longitude should be negative

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:09 PM

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it is the city as a whole but understood

ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:09 PM

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It literally points at a house 🙂

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:09 PM

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ah

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well not my house lol

ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:10 PM

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Flowers are on their way. Too late

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:11 PM

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ok so you think that will solve the issue?

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cause it went 20 hours and didn't trigger so I have been going in and manually triggering it

sour verge Jul 18, 2025, 7:12 PM

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having the right value should certainly help 😛

ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:12 PM

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Yes

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:12 PM

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ok I'll wait and watch thank you for the assistance!

ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:13 PM

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You should really be using sun elevation, but sure

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:13 PM

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I had read that before

sour verge Jul 18, 2025, 7:13 PM

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ember brook You should really be using sun elevation, but sure

yeah i prefer to use elevation angle too

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:13 PM

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but didn't understand the pros

ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:13 PM

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They're explained in the docs

craggy wadiBOT Jul 18, 2025, 7:13 PM

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Why use the sun elevation trigger or condition rather than a time offset from sunset or sunrise? Because the elevation more consistently relates to the light level than a fixed time offset. An hour before sunset is very different light levels on the longest day than the shortest day, for example.

ember brook Jul 18, 2025, 7:14 PM

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And there

languid kernel Jul 18, 2025, 7:14 PM

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wow you guys are on the documention ball!

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ok well I am wanting to see if I can trigger it with the simple time offset cause I know exactly when I should be expecting the trigger. Once that is resolved, I'll go all fancy with sun elevation

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