Easier Way to set SunRise and Sunset on a yearly schedule

[bill.d]

You could use the Luxuriant driver that gets twilight/sunrise/sunset times from https://sunrise-sunset.org. (3 different twilight defs: The Different Types of Twilight, Dawn and Dusk). You could use the lux calcs from the driver as an alternative.

How do others deal with modes?

Sunrise-Sunset.org will supply those values to you. You give it latitude and longitude and in return, get: [08%20PM] Luxuriant-Driver acquires those then slices and dices the day into segments and calculates a Lux value based on time and which segment of the day. Optionally, it will factor in cloud coverage. In other words, your winter project may in fact be done.

Or based on sun position calcs

[RELEASE] SunCalc Driver

I created a driver for calculating the position of the sun using the SunCalc.js library. I use this to automatically close my roller shades on the west side of the house when the sun starts to come through the windows. The driver uses your hub's lat/long to calculate the position of the sun at the current time. You can choose how often you wish to update. I've found that the altitude doesn't change more than a degree in 5 minutes. Hopefully this is helpful to someone! Altitude is the angle u…