Automation using a trigger variable in the condition

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I’m sure I am missing something simple but I have been working on this for the past 2 days and can’t figure it out and I’m not sure it is even possible the way I’m trying to execute this automation.

I am try to change the lights to a different temperature at sunrise and sunset with a condition that checks to see if the input boolean is on for that particular light since I only want to run the automation once per light.

The variable in question is in the condition section of the choose option. I have tried multiple ways of writing the condition with the trigger variable and to no avail.

This is what I have at the moment but it is still not pulling the trigger variable inside the condition.

# Change color temperature of lights when they turn on based on sunrise/sunset
  - id: 'sunrise_sunset_lights_turn_on_2'
    alias: Color temperature based on sunrise/sunset - Lights turn on 2
    description: 'Change color temperature of lights when they turn on based on sunrise/sunset'
    mode: single
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id:
          - light.master_bathroom_main_light
          - light.master_bedroom_accent_light
          - light.north_bedroom_main_light
          - light.south_bedroom_main_light
        from: 'off'
        to: 'on'
    condition: []
    action:
      - choose:
# Sunrise Condition
          - conditions:
              - condition: sun
                after: sunrise
                after_offset: '-00:15:00'
                before: sunset
                before_offset: '-00:15:00'
              - "{{ is_state(input_boolean[trigger.state.object_id], 'on') }}"
            sequence:
              - service: light.turn_on 
                target:
                  entity_id: '{{ trigger.entity_id }}'
                data:
                  transition: 60
                  color_temp: 250
        default:
          - condition: template
            value_template:  "{{ is_state(input_boolean[trigger.state.object_id], 'off') }}"
          - service: light.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: '{{ trigger.entity_id }}'
            data:
              transition: 60
              color_temp: 370

I have this input boolean setup with the same name as the light but with the added _sunrise at the end.

  south_bedroom_main_light_sunrise:
    name: 'South Bedroom Main Light - Sunrise'
    icon: mdi:lightbulb-auto

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I was able to get the following to work in an example using some test input_booleans:

{{ is_state( trigger.to_state.entity_id ~ '_sunrise', 'off') }}
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You are awesome!!!

Thank you so much for your help. I did have to modify it a little more and ended up with this

{{ is_state( 'input_boolean.' ~ trigger.to_state.object_id ~ '_sunrise', 'off') }}

and it works perfect now.

Thank you again @walrus_parka