My understanding is that the Death Star 1 had a long recharge on the planet destroying laser and a fairly slow hyperdrive. And the trip between Tatooine and the Alderaan was a few weeks.
We don't know exactly how long the Death Star was chilling in the rubble of Alderaan.
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