Lighting an exterior scene - Wooden cabin

I downloaded the scene from http://www.3drender.com/challenges/

HRDI map taken from https://hdrihaven.com/hdri

Textured using Quixel

Basic lighting settings for night scene:

HDRI - image based lighting used as primary light.  

Lamp placed on porch with mesh light to help light up the right side of the cabin and catch some of the displacement of the wood and brick textures.

Interior point light to have light shine through windows.

Small amount of fog used.

Linear workflow

Final night scene

Basic lighting settings for day scene:

HDRI - image based lighting used as primary light.  

Lamp with mesh light on porch rail to add extra lighting to front of the cabin.

Spot light with a gobo to create light through tree effect and sunrays:

Atmospheric volume used to enable sunrays.

Linear workflow

Final day light scene