Turning lights on and off at sunset and sunrise

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Based on a post by @123

description: "Turn on lights at sunset and off at sunrise"
trigger:
  - id: 'on'
    platform: sun
    event: sunset
  - id: 'off'
    platform: sun
    event: sunrise
action: 
  - service: 'light.turn_{{ trigger.id }}'    # If switch entity, 'switch.turn_{{ trigger.id }}'  
    target:
      entity_id: light.your_light             # Replace with the entity id of your light
mode: single

With offsets:

description: "Turn on lights before sunset and off after sunrise"
trigger:
  - id: 'on'
    platform: sun
    event: sunset
    offset: "-00:45:00"            # 45 min before sunset
  - id: 'off'
    platform: sun
    event: sunrise
    offset: "+00:45:00"            # 45 min after sunrise
action: 
  - service: 'light.turn_{{ trigger.id }}'    # If switch entity, 'switch.turn_{{ trigger.id }}'  
    target:
      entity_id: light.your_light             # Replace with the entity id of your light
mode: single

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And for Node-Red using the Big Timer node

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And another Node-Red example: