Your condition says the sun must be above the horizon. At 23:00 it is below it, so the condition never passes. Remove the condition entirely; you do not need it for a fixed time.
Jump to postI have an automation that turns the porch light on at sunset, and a second one that should turn it off at 23:00. The first works every evening, the second never fires.
- alias: Porch off
trigger:
- platform: time
at: "23:00"
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: sun.sun
state: "above_horizon"
action:
- service: light.turn_off
target:
entity_id: light.porchRunning 2026.10.0 on a mini PC. The trace says "condition did not pass". What am I missing?
Your condition says the sun must be above the horizon. At 23:00 it is below it, so the condition never passes. Remove the condition entirely; you do not need it for a fixed time.
Oh. That is embarrassing. Removed it and it turned off at 23:00 sharp. Thank you!
Not embarrassing at all, the trace told you exactly where to look. Marked as solved.